So now I have 10.2.5 and the problem still persists, so I decided to get my hands dirty and do something about it. On the EZQuest support site, they suggested trying this AppleScript from macmaps.com.
To my glee, it worked, but it required running the script after every boot and entering the root password. So I made my first startup script to mimic this function, and it appears to work just fine without having to sudo as root.
A script to prevent hard drive spindown:
- Create a folder in /Library/StartupItems/ and name it SpindownFix
- Create a text file in /Library/StartupItems/ SpindownFix/ and name it SpindownFix
- Add the folowing to the text file:
#!/bin/sh # Prevent hard drives from spinning down unnecessarily . /etc/rc.common pmset -a spindown 0 - Now make it executable with:
chmod a+x /Library/StartupItems/SpindownFix/SpindownFix
- Create another text file in /Library/StartupItems/SpindownFix and name it StartupParameters.plist
- Add the following to the text file:
{ Description = "Spindown Fix"; Provides = ("No Spindown"); OrderPreference = "Late"; }
I would appreciate if someone would look this over and double check that I didn't do anything bad here...

